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152. Maheshpur

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1985

BR-MAHESHPUR

JMM 44.4%won by 6.6%INC 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.4% to 6.6%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 70.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
45,503
Margin
3,025
6.65%

Candidates

6 contested · winner JMM
  1. 1DEBIDHAN BASERAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM20,21744.4%
  2. 2KALIDAS MURMUIndian National Congress · INC17,19237.8%
  3. 3CHHOTELAL SORENJanata Party · JNP6,61414.5%
  4. 4BISHWANATH MURMUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6661.5%
  5. 5BHAGAT MURMUIndependent · IND5041.1%
  6. 6NITYANAND TUDUIndependent · IND3100.7%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
JMM
Winner now
JMM
JMM–INC swing
−35.8%
JMM share
42.5% → 44.4%
INC share
0.0% → 37.8%
Turnout
— → —
151. Pakaur153. Sikaripars
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